20th Century British & Irish Art

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Lot 172
  • 172

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H., 1898-1986

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore OM, CH
  • female nude
  • signed

  • ballpoint pen and crayon

  • 25x17cm.; 9¾x6¾in.
  • Executed in 1973.

Provenance

The artist
Mary Moore

Exhibited

Toronto, Waddington & Shiell Galleries, Henry Moore: Drawings, 22 March - 12 April 1986

Literature

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-1976, Vol. 4, London, 2003, cat. no. AG 72-74.22, HMF 73/74 (62), p. 266, recto and verso illustrated

Catalogue Note

There is another work verso, Notebook 4, Drawing 22, signed, carbonline, offset charcoal and watercolour wash, by the same hand.
The present work is page 21 from the Red Notebook: Stonehenge and Nudes, 1972-74, previously known as Notebook 4.